African Export-Import Bank

What African Export-Import Bank does

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a Cairo-headquartered multilateral development finance institution established in 1993 under a charter signed by African governments. Operating across 54 African member states following South Africa's February 2026 accession, plus an expanding CARICOM mandate, the bank provides trade and project financing, guarantees, export development products, and advisory services to governments, large corporates, financial institutions, and SMEs. Its core revenue streams are interest income on a $33.5 billion loan book, guarantee and syndication fees, insurance premiums from subsidiary AfrexInsure, and professional advisory income.

Afreximbank's technology stack centers on two proprietary digital platforms: the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), which enables instant cross-border settlement in local African currencies and reduces dependence on correspondent banking networks, and the Africa Trade Gateway, a single-window digital platform for AfCFTA-era trade services. The bank also operates wholly-owned subsidiaries including the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) for equity and quasi-equity investments, AfrexInsure for trade-related insurance, and platform initiatives such as CANEX (creative industries), MANSA (SME digital services), and the African Medical Centre of Excellence.

The go-to-market model is sales-led and event-driven, anchored on direct institutional engagement with governments and large corporates through Country Programmes, the Annual Meetings, and flagship convening platforms (Intra-African Trade Fair, AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum). Pricing is bespoke and deal-by-deal rather than published tiers, reflecting preferred creditor status and the multilateral charter framework. Recent capital deployment has been significant, including a $2 billion syndicated loan (largest ever, March 2026), $2.5 billion underwriting of the Dangote Refinery syndicated facility, a $10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme, and an $8 billion South Africa Country Programme — supported by investment-grade ratings from S&P (BBB+), GCR (A/A2), CCXI (AAA), and JCR (A-).

Name

African Export-Import Bank

Legal name

African Export-Import Bank

Website

https://afreximbank.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a multilateral development finance institution serving 54 African member states and the Caribbean, providing trade finance, guarantees, and digital payment infrastructure to governments, corporates, and financial institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Development Trade Finance

NAICS

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (522), Commercial Banking (52211)

SIC

Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies (6111), Short-Term Business Credit Institutions (6153), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) & Trade Finance Institutions (BPADACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

National Development Banks & State Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) (BPADACAC), Trade Finance, Export Credit & Risk Mitigation (BPADAMAG), Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) & Official Export Finance (FSABAKAC), Structured Trade & Export Credit (ECA-backed, Structured Solutions) (FSABAHAJ), SME, Microfinance & Financial Inclusion Facilities (BPADACAI)

Keywords

• Trade finance
• Project financing
• Export development
• Trade guarantees
• Development banking

Headquarters

HQ city

Cairo

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Interest Income: Interest income from loans and advances extended to governments, corporates, and financial institutions. Lending includes trade finance facilities, project financing, syndicated loans, and country programmes
2. Guarantee and Commission Income: Fees from issuing guarantees (short-term trade guarantees, medium/long-term guarantees, bonding facilities) and advisory commissions
3. Syndication and Arrangement Fees: Fees from arranging and syndicating loans for major projects and corporates, including co-mandated lead arranger roles
4. Insurance Premiums (AfrexInsure): Premiums collected through AfrexInsure insurance subsidiary supporting intra-African trade
5. Advisory Services: Fees from trade, export, and industrial development advisory services including AfCFTA support strategies and SME development programmes

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a multilateral development finance institution that provides trade finance, project finance, guarantees, export development tools, and advisory services to African governments, large corporates, and financial institutions. The bank also operates the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), the Africa Trade Gateway digital platform, impact investment subsidiary FEDA, and insurance subsidiary AfrexInsure. Its core mission is financing, promoting, and expanding intra-African and extra-African trade, with growing mandates around AfCFTA implementation, industrialization, climate finance, and Africa-Caribbean economic integration.

Product overview

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) operates as a multilateral financial institution providing a comprehensive suite of trade finance and development banking products. The core offerings include Trade & Project Financing (with Trade Finance Programmes, Receivables Purchase/Discounting, Asset-Backed Lending, Country Programmes), Guarantees (short-term trade guarantees, WORKAP, medium/long-term guarantees, bonding facilities), Export Development tools (AFRICOIN, ConTour, CONMED, ECA facilitation, syndications), and Trade Information & Advisory services. Digital platforms include PAPSS for cross-border payments, the Africa Trade Gateway single-window platform, and the MANSA Digital Initiative for SME training. The bank also operates subsidiaries including FEDA (impact investment), AfrexInsure (insurance), and supports initiatives like CANEX for creative industries, the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), Africa Film Fund ($1bn), and AfCFTA Adjustment Fund. Infrastructure projects include the Africa Trade Centre network (Abuja with LEED Platinum certification, Egypt's New Capital). Country-specific programmes range from South Africa's $8bn to Kenya's $3bn. Recent major facilities include the $10bn Gulf Crisis Response Programme and $2.5bn Dangote Refinery syndicated loan. The bank facilitates major trade events including the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) and AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FEDA (Fund for Export Development in Africa): Impact investment subsidiary providing equity and quasi-equity investments to support African businesses and export development
• AfrexInsure
• CANEX (Creative Africa Nexus)
• PAN-AFRICAN PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEM (PAPSS)
• Africa Trade Gateway
• MANSA
• IATF (Intra-African Trade Fair)
• ACTIF (AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum)

Products and services

• Trade and Project Financing Comprehensive financing solutions for trade and project development including trade finance programmes, project-related financing, and structured trade finance. Includes Note Purchase Program, Receivables Purchase/Discounting Program, Asset-Backed Lending Program, Country Programs, and Structured Trade Finance facilities.
• Guarantees Risk mitigation through short-term trade guarantees, Working Capital Guarantee Programme (WORKAP), medium and long-term guarantees, bonding facilities, and other unique guarantee products for African trade transactions.
• Export Development Tools and advisory services for export development including Afreximbank Guarantee, Project Related Financing, AFRICOIN, Construction and Tourism-Linked Relay Financing (ConTour), Construction and Medical Tourism Relay Facility (CONMED), ECA Loans Facilitation, Syndications, and Export Development Advisory.
• Trade Information and Advisory Pillar 3 service providing trade information, research, and advisory services to support intra-African trade, including AfCFTA support strategies, SME development programmes, and trade policy advisory.
• Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) Digital payment platform enabling instant settlement and reducing dependence on correspondent banking networks for cross-border payments across Africa. Operates as continental payment and settlement infrastructure.
• Africa Trade Gateway Single window digital platform providing digital services for trade facilitation and intra-African commerce under the AfCFTA framework.
• Country Programmes Tailored multi-year financing programmes for member countries including South Africa ($8 billion), Kenya ($3 billion), and others, covering trade and industrial finance, project funding, and AfCFTA expansion support.
• Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) Impact investment subsidiary providing equity and quasi-equity investments to support African businesses and export development, including the Afreximbank Accelerator Programme ($250,000 per startup).
• AfrexInsure Wholly-owned insurance subsidiary providing trade credit insurance, political risk insurance, and other risk management solutions for intra-African trade.
• AfCFTA Adjustment Fund $1 billion fund for private sector financing plus $10 million grant funding to support AfCFTA implementation across Africa, helping countries manage tariff revenue losses, increased competition, and supply chain disruptions.
• Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP) $10 billion emergency facility providing FX liquidity, trade finance, and sector-specific aid to insulate African and Caribbean economies from Middle East conflict economic shocks.
• Syndicated Term Loan Facilities Capital markets funding through syndicated term loan facilities arranged with global banks including Mashreqbank, MUFG, Standard Chartered, and ICBC, with tenors of 3-5 years.
• Samurai Bonds Japanese yen-denominated bonds issued in Japan capital markets, diversifying the bank's investor base across Asian markets through Regular and Retail Samurai Bond tranches.
• African Energy Bank Joint initiative with African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) to mobilize capital for Africa's oil, gas, and energy transition projects.
• Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Programme supporting Africa's creative and cultural industries including film, fashion, publishing, music, and gastronomy, with the $1 billion Africa Film Fund as a flagship component.
• African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) $300 million healthcare facility in Abuja providing world-class medical services to reduce medical tourism from Africa. Awarded Best Health Deal by EMEA Finance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6x asset growth from $7.1 billion to $42.3 billion between 2015-2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ondo State Government (Nigeria)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2026Strategic meeting to explore industrial financing and development partnerships. Focus on unlocking structured financing for large-scale projects and positioning state as competitive hub for regional investment
• Africa Club (Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Alliance bringing together major institutions with combined balance sheet exceeding $70 billion, including Afreximbank, Africa Finance Corporation, and Trade and Development Bank. Platform for improving institutional coordination at UN Economic Commission for Africa Conference
• South Africa's Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026South Africa planning to establish fully fledged export-import bank as complement to Afreximbank rather than competitor. ECIC target for launch 2027/28 following feasibility study
• Caribbean Development FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2026Grant agreement signed to establish Green, Resilience and Sustainability Facility for Caribbean region
• FCI (Factors Chain International)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026Joint hosting of Africa Regional Conference on Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit Insurance in Kampala, Uganda. Addressing Africa's trade finance gap and promoting factoring as alternative financing tool for SMEs under AfCFTA
• CARICOM SecretariatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2026CARICOM financing cap raised from US$3 billion to US$5 billion at CARICOM Heads of Government meeting. Over US$750 million already disbursed with pipeline exceeding US$2 billion. Vision for Caribbean economic transformation over decade
• Central Bank of EgyptcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 December 2025MoU signed to establish Pan-African Gold Bank in Cairo, formalizing Africa's gold value chains. Includes feasibility study for refinery, vaulting, and financial services with expansion planned across Africa
• Hassan Allam ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025USD 250 million contract awarded to build African Trade Centre in Egypt's New Capital. State-of-the-art complex scheduled for completion in early 2029, expected to create around 9,000 jobs
• CDF and AfreximbankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2025Strategic partnership for climate-focused finance facility announced November 2025
• Arise IIPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial zone partnerships including Glo-Djibe Industrial Zone in Benin (USD 2 billion investment), African Quality Assurance Center in GDIZ Benin, and Magwero Industrial Park in Malawi. Multiple infrastructure projects across Africa
• Africa CDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS$2 billion facility pledged in support of Africa Health and Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing. Partnership to strengthen health systems in Africa alongside AfrexInsure subsidiary
• AfCFTA SecretariatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatronage Partner for Africa Collective Davos 2026. Joint initiative on AfCFTA Adjustment Fund Corporation. Support for AfCFTA implementation across 50 countries
• UNECAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination on Gulf Crisis Response Programme to strengthen regional trade resilience alongside African Union Commission and AfCFTA Secretariat
• Trade and Development BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Africa Club alliance of African multilateral financial institutions with combined balance sheet exceeding $70 billion
• African Energy Week (AEW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Africa Energy Week 2026 in Cape Town emphasizing Afreximbank's role in energy infrastructure deal-making across Africa
• African UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner38th African Union Summit coordination on vaccine self-reliance. AU target to produce 60% of vaccines used by 2040. ACHIEVE 2.0 Africa framework for R&D strengthening
• Basketball Africa LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year collaboration to empower young professionals in Africa through BAL4HER camp and thought leadership discussions
• AAMFI (Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfreximbank founding member of AAMFI established 2024. US$1.5 billion AAMFI Infrastructure Financing Facility launched with AUDA-NEPAD. Dr. Corneille Karekezi appointed Chairperson

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Africa Finance Corporation: Multilateral African infrastructure and development financier. Direct peer because AFC and Afreximbank co-invest in many of the same projects (FG Gold Baomahun, Sonangol facility, Heirs Energies/Seplat) and serve overlapping African sovereign and corporate clients with similar long-tenor financing structures.
• Trade and Development Bank (TDB): Multilateral trade and development bank covering Eastern and Southern Africa. Peer because TDB and Afreximbank are co-members of the Africa Club alliance, share the multilateral DFI mandate, and compete for the same project, trade and infrastructure finance opportunities across Africa.
• British International Investment (BII): UK development finance institution. Peer because BII has provided risk-sharing guarantees and trade finance support alongside Afreximbank (e.g., $284M trade value across 28 transactions in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon), serving overlapping African trade and infrastructure mandates.

Broad incumbents

• European Investment Bank (EIB): EU multilateral lender providing project, infrastructure and trade finance globally including Africa. Peer because EIB extends similar long-tenor cross-border facilities to African counterparts, including a 2017 $119M facility to Afreximbank, and competes for African infrastructure mandates.
• International Finance Corporation (IFC): World Bank Group's private-sector DFI arm. Peer because IFC deploys comparable equity, loan and guarantee products to African corporates and financial institutions, often co-financing with Afreximbank on industrial and infrastructure deals across the continent.
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Multilateral development bank with growing Africa portfolio. Peer because AIIB extends long-tenor project and infrastructure financing to African sovereigns and corporates, increasingly competing with Afreximbank for transformational deals under similar preferred-creditor frameworks.
• New Development Bank (NDB / BRICS Bank): BRICS multilateral development bank funding infrastructure and sustainable development across member states including South Africa and Egypt. Peer because NDB provides competing infrastructure and project finance to African members and shares the multilateral, government-backed funding model.

Regional players

• Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA): South African state-owned DFI focused on infrastructure across Southern Africa. Peer because DBSA funds similar large-scale industrial, energy and infrastructure projects in countries where Afreximbank runs Country Programmes, including South Africa.

Others

• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC): Global commercial bank that has acted as joint arranger of Afreximbank's syndicated loans (e.g., $500M dual-tranche facility in 2024). Included as a peer because ICBC is a key financing partner and increasingly channels yuan-denominated trade finance to African counterparties.
• Standard Chartered Bank: International bank with deep Africa and Asia trade finance franchise. Peer because Standard Chartered has co-arranged multiple Afreximbank syndicated facilities and is a partner in the CIPS cross-border yuan settlement corridor, providing overlapping trade-finance capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/afreximbank
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWaTgao05tuWzmTeAQ0JFww
• Facebookfacebook.com/Afreximbank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/african-export-import-bank
• Instagraminstagram.com/afreximbankofficial/?hl=en

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds11 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments71 records

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